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Nbc gina kim is live in palm dale, california, with the latest from there. what is the situation like at this hour? >> i think i would rather show you than tell you right now, thomas. you can look at this neighborhood that i'm at that came dangerously close to flames earlier this morning. at one point one firefighter told me the flames were so large they were cascading about 100 feet. the sheer flame of wall of flames dancing were those charred hill now sit and as you can see from the smoke all around it, the fire is still actively burning just behind us in an area that we call leonna valley h...

Adam housely is live in palmdale, northern l.a. county, and, adam, how does it look, 7:30, the since up and the winds are how? good morning? >> reporter: good morning, bill, it is warm here already, too, and the temperatures expected to reach triple digits, wind 35 mimes. a -- miles per hour and low humidity and video came in a short time ago from the air showing you the fire, called the crown fire, one of three at thats -- as you you mentioned, in southern california and the fire raging through the hills and began yesterday afternoon, and there are more than 500 firefighters on the ground, yo...

Can. bob dicastro of kt tv, out of palmdale, what's going on where you are now? >> reporter: we're still waiting for that all-out air assault which is supposed to begin at first light but we are monitoring the radio transmissions from the command and we do know that preparations are underway. let me tell you, this is a good time to do it because the winds are very light. one of the areas they're going to be focusing on is this area we're standing in front of right here, the northeast flank of the crown fire. there are a couple of reasons why we're going to be focusing on this area. first of al...

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Wedding pictures. these pictures were released last night, and we're live in new york with the latest, the morning after chelsea's big day. first let's get a check of your top stories. it has been a year since americans were detained by iran security forces. their families are now calling for them to be set free. iran has accused the three of spying. and then wildfires in california. the biggest one known as the crown fire is 80% contained. favorable weather has helped more than anything else, really. so far the three fires have burned 80,000 acres. new developments in the saga of the ir...